The distribution does include source code in it. Are you saying that we
should have a separate source distribution with no jars in it?

Thanks,

Jun

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:37 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 14 November 2011 19:52, Neha Narkhede <neha.narkh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Kafka community is excited to share that RC for release of
> > Kafka-0.7.0-incubating has been +1'd over at kafka-user@incubator.
> > Please try it out and vote for the Apache Kafka 0.7.0-incubating release.
> > This is the first release of Kafka since we've joined the Apache
> incubator.
> >
> > Vote thread
> > http://markmail.org/message/pqsla5furf7nzpe2?q=kafka+candidate+6
> >
> > Release artifacts
> >
> http://people.apache.org/~nehanarkhede/kafka-0.7.0-incubating-candidate-6/
>
> -1
> There's no source archive.
> ASF primarily releases source; binary archives are optional (but
> almost always provided).
> Source archives are required.
>
> -0
> The binary archive is huge; this is mainly because it contains
> multiple copies of many jars.
> It would be better for users if there was a single copy of each jar,
> and an installation script to copy them after unpacking.
>
> > SVN revision
> > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/kafka/branches/0.7@1199132
>
> The normal practice is to use an SVN tag for the release vote, for example:
>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/kafka/tags/0.7.0-incubating-RC1
>
> If the vote succeeds, rename/copy it to
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/kafka/tags/0.7.0-incubating
>
> If the vote fails, create a new tag:
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/kafka/tags/0.7.0-incubating-RC2
>
> -1:
> There is no DISCLAIMER
>
> The NOTICE file does not follow standards.
> The first 5 lines should look like the lines in === below:
>
> ===
> Apache Kafka
> Copyright ?-2011 The Apache Software Foundation.
>
> This product includes software developed at
> The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
> ===
>
> The rest of the NOTICE file should be for *required* notices only; it
> is not required to list other Apache projects.
>
> The NOTICE file also contains a license, that should be in LICENSE.
> No mention of sbt, which is in SVN - as that is also included in the
> binary release, should that be mentioned in the NOTICE file?
>
> > PGP release keys
> > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/kafka/KEYS
> >
> > This vote is open until Thursday, Nov 17th 12 pm
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Neha
> >
>
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